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[flemmings]

My brother texts me:

Snow, snow, go away
Come again some other day
Early August, shall we say?

I tell him the snow has its fingers in its ears singing La la la don't hear you. At least it wasn't the dump we had last week, just 5 or 6 centimetres ie 2 inches. I swept it from the steps and shovelled it from the walkway and sidewalk. More fell in the late afternoon, covering the steps, but the sidewalk remains clear. Either foot traffic or the city salting, though I haven't seen any bobcats. I might try getting out tomorrow, though now they're calling for gusty winds before the bipolar vortex comes back tomorrow night. And of course if I'm up at Loblaws I'll want to buy cream liqueur and if I go to Fiesta I'll want to buy cake, and I mustn't have either. Not merely calories: my innards really don't like alcohol but my spasming back muscles love it.

Have read nothing but Dr Siris because nothing else registers. Can't remember if I'm on 11 or 12 at the moment. 

Comments

[chomiji]

Thus far this season, we have had one unseasonable small storm (maybe 2-3 inches) in mid-December. However, the weather could be gearing up for a proper snowstorm this weekend.

Says the WaPo:

Based on the latest information, we would assign the following odds for different snowfall amounts in the D.C. area:

At least 1 inch: 80 percent.
At least 4 inches: 70 percent.
At least 6 inches: 60 percent.
At least 8 inches: 50 percent.
At least 12 inches: 35 percent.

“Confidence of a significant winter storm across the region remains high Saturday into Sunday, but confidence in exact amounts of snow versus ice is lower especially south and east,” the National Weather Service office serving the region wrote Wednesday.

[heleninwales]

I'm glad our snow had gone, though I suppose that those of you who get snow regularly each winter will have ways of coping. Of course it's possible we could get more, but the further we head towards spring, the less likelihood there is that it will remain for long.